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in Brisbane, Australia

February 13

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Poetry

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Grew up on the southside of Brisbane with a love of nature and creative writing, art, bushwalking. Completed a BA degree major in Journalism in Toowoomba and moved to Mackay in 1985 where I worked as a journalist for the local newspaper, The Daily Mercury, and founded the Mackay Writers group. He has written numerous articles, poems, plays, and fantasy novels. He married Brigida in 1996 and they have a daughter, Jemimah, who is creative too.
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	Undead (Blood Legends, #1) by Kim Petersen (Goodreads Author), Paul Vanderloos (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hooligans by Chaz Fenwick (Goodreads Author), Paul Vanderloos (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stroke of Faith: A novelette by Kim Petersen (Goodreads Author), Paul Vanderloos (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Kudla (Illustrations) 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard's Sword 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Norse mythology has a bigger part in all our lives than you may think. You have heard of Asgard and the Norse gods of Odin, Thor, Loki and so on. You have likely seen the latest movies with Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin. If you are a Tolkien fan (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), you know of Middle Earth, elves, and dwarfs which were based roughly on the Norse realm of Midg

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